fermenting Fermentation period ?

Maverick27 · Jan 18, 2019

What's the min 'fermentation' period required for full-bodied tasty Habanero Chilli Sauce ?

I don't particularly like Tabasco, they claim it's fermented for 3 years.

karoo · Jan 18, 2019

Maverick27 said:
What's the min 'fermentation' period required for full-bodied tasty Habanero Chilli Sauce ?

I don't particularly like Tabasco, they claim it's fermented for 3 years.

I'll go for 1-3 months. I prefer mashed without water.

skullbiker · Jan 18, 2019

karoo said:
I'll go for 1-3 months. I prefer mashed without water.

What he said!

Maverick27 · Jan 19, 2019

MikeUSMC · Jan 19, 2019

"Minimum period?" I'd say 4-6 weeks, but I, like many others have already mentioned, prefer to go about 3 months. Some people let them run for years, and rave about the results. I just don't have that kind of patience lol

Pharthan · Jan 20, 2019

"Standard" advised is 3 months. I've done 1 and 2 month (I made sure there was fermenation first) and I only processed it into hot sauce because I needed to make sure the rest of the batches would be worthwhile letting continue.

You absolutely can go for years, but you don't have to.

Walchit · Jan 20, 2019

MikeUSMC said:
"Minimum period?" I'd say 4-6 weeks, but I, like many others have already mentioned, prefer to go about 3 months. Some people let them run for years, and rave about the results. I just don't have that kind of patience lol

I'm having a hard time keeping myself from blending mine up.

Bout to start a new one this morning

Pharthan · Jan 20, 2019

Walchit said:
I'm having a hard time keeping myself from blending mine up.

Bout to start a new one this morning

Blending is totally fine... in the initial preparation. Afterwards, though, you risk introducing bad stuff.

I do all of my ferments as blended mashes.

emanphoto · Feb 11, 2019

Pharthan said:

moved my post to it's own post.

emanphoto · Feb 11, 2019

I do 30 days of fermentation for all my sauces. I need fast turnaround so longer ferments won't work so well. Perhaps when I get more fermenting bottles I can try longer.

Walchit · Feb 11, 2019

Pharthan said:
Blending is totally fine... in the initial preparation. Afterwards, though, you risk introducing bad stuff.

I do all of my ferments as blended mashes.

I meant having a hard time keeping myself from processing it!

emanphoto · Feb 11, 2019

lol ok. i thot there was some processing issue such as mold that made a blended mash disadvantageous.

Walchit said:
I meant having a hard time keeping myself from processing it!